Faster Skate

Topic Sentence: In the article, "The first ice skates were made of animal bones" by Smithsonian.com, adapted by Newsela Staff the central idea is how they were built and made for something different than what they are typically used for today. Quote 1: To support this claim, in the section "Longer Blades, Faster Skate" it states, "Those early skates were quite different than today’s skates. Most were made from the shin bones of horses or cows. Modern skates have narrow blades and travel only forward and backward. Bone skates lie flat and can glide in all directions." Explanation 1: this relates to the central idea by explaining what the original ice skates were made compared to todays skates. By including this in this article it is helping the reader create a mental image and imagine how the skates once were. Quote
In 2006, he had five speed skaters test out four different older skates and one modern model. One pair of skates was a copy of Bronze Age bone skates. Three others were from the 1200s, the 1400s and the 1700s. The fifth pair were modern steel skates." Explanation 2: This statement helps to relate to the central idea by explaining how the skates have evolved from the earlier bone skates. In his test, he explained how it affected the speed with more improvements over the years. The way this paragraph relates to the central idea is comparing the speed of the different skates over the years. quote 3: The final piece of evidence is also found in the section, "Longer Blades, Faster Skate" in this section, it states "Skates have changed in all sorts of ways over time. Figure skaters now have toe picks to help them spin. Hockey players have double-edged blades for sharper stops. Still, all of today’s skates can be traced back to the original skates from 3,000 years ago." Evidence 3: In this piece of evidence it speaks about how the skates have been improved over the years and how they are used differently now, instead of just skating around the frozen